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On Mr | On Mr Thos Onslow breaking his collar bone | ||
by a fall against the crane of this Phaeton | by a fall against the crane of this Phaeton | ||
[underlined: by Mr Jekyll] | [underlined: by Mr Jekyll] | ||
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But I thought that our Pigmies to day, had more brains | But I thought that our Pigmies to day, had more brains | ||
Than to wage any war with such things as the Cranes. | Than to wage any war with such things as the Cranes. | ||
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Epitaph on Mr Toup translated from the Greek | Epitaph on Mr Toup translated from the Greek | ||
by | by Bp [bishop] Lowth | ||
Of stale Mouldy leavings, scraps, payments & orts | Of stale Mouldy leavings, scraps, payments & orts | ||
Of Lumber, & trump'ry, & trash of all | Of Lumber, & trump'ry, & trash of all Sorts; | ||
Of Ballads & Jests, such as Catamites use | Of Ballads & Jests, such as Catamites use | ||
Strains of Vile Poetasters, the dregs of the | Strains of Vile Poetasters, the dregs of the Stews | ||
See Toup for a Bishop his medly set forth | See Toup for a Bishop his medly set forth | ||
See the | See the Critic's respect for high station & worth | ||
or | or | ||
Toup forms a choice Medly nor blushes to dick up | Toup forms a choice Medly nor blushes to dick up | ||
An | An Archcritic's rank mess for a Revd. Archbishop. | ||
Latest revision as of 06:39, 22 July 2017
On Mr Thos Onslow breaking his collar bone by a fall against the crane of this Phaeton [underlined: by Mr Jekyll]
Dear Tom, how is your collar? In story we're told That the cranes were at war with the Pigmies of Old; But I thought that our Pigmies to day, had more brains Than to wage any war with such things as the Cranes. [flouishes]
Epitaph on Mr Toup translated from the Greek by Bp [bishop] Lowth
Of stale Mouldy leavings, scraps, payments & orts Of Lumber, & trump'ry, & trash of all Sorts; Of Ballads & Jests, such as Catamites use Strains of Vile Poetasters, the dregs of the Stews See Toup for a Bishop his medly set forth See the Critic's respect for high station & worth
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Toup forms a choice Medly nor blushes to dick up An Archcritic's rank mess for a Revd. Archbishop.